Sustainable Development Goals
Abstract/Objectives
The National Tsing Hua University Jieying Museum, initiated through the generous donations of Professor Yang Rou-Bin and Professor Fang Sheng-Ping, began preparations in 2008. With their active involvement, the Museum Preparation Office was established in 2015, and it officially opened its doors in 2022. The professors have donated thousands of items, including modern East Asian manuscripts, books, documents, calligraphy, and paintings, spanning three centuries. The museum building, named the Jieying Building, was funded and named by Mrs. Zeng Fan-Cheng and designed by architect Huang Sheng-Yuan's firm, the Central Architect's Office. Construction commenced in 2021, and it is expected to be completed in 2024. Situated amidst the campus's lush greenery, the building's core architectural value lies in its dialogue between artifacts and the environment, integrating natural landscapes, making it a breathing architectural marvel. Since its inception, the National Tsing Hua University Museum has not only statically preserved historical artifacts but also annually hosts 1 to 2 thematic exhibitions on subjects such as Ming-Qing Confucianism, Edo Sinology, calligraphy, and painting from the Japanese occupation period, and cultural relics brought to Taiwan from the mainland in 1949. It collaborates with various universities and professional institutions to organize exhibitions, fostering academic exchanges and promoting cultural education, showcasing the rich and diverse Han Chinese cultural heritage of modern Taiwan, mainland China, and Japan, often referred to as the "New Two Shores, Three Lands." It also actively engages with local secondary schools and cultural teams in Hsinchu to contribute to the inheritance, reflection, innovation, and sustainability of local culture, fulfilling the university's social responsibilities.
Results/Contributions

※ Exhibitions, Collections, and Publications

(1) The imperial examination system is a significant feature of Chinese civilization. From the seventh year of Emperor Wen of Sui (587), when he ordered each province to "contribute three candidates" to take the "xiucai" examination, until the last imperial examination in the 30th year of Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty (1904), it lasted for over thirteen centuries. The year 2024 marks the 120th anniversary after the last imperial examination. Our university's Museum of Cultural Relics will host a special exhibition titled "Special Exhibition on the Imperial Examination" (April 16 - November 30, 2024), which has received enthusiastic responses from internal and external faculty, students, alumni, the Hsinchu Cultural Bureau, local cultural and historical groups, and various schools (the exhibition will be closed for a month from July 16 to August 15). On May 8, we will hold an opening donation ceremony and a special lecture by Examination Yuan President Huang Rongcun.

(2) Co-organizing with the Hsinchu Cultural Bureau the "Rising Wind in the Ethnic Groups - Exhibition of Local Gentry Figures of Zhudong" (January 30 - May 5, 2024);

(3) Carrying out the publication, research, and exhibition image licensing of our collections. Related organizations include the Taipei Fine Arts Museum, October Films (Public Television), Meatball Soup Magazine, CNEX Films, and Mei Yi-Chi Cultural Camp, among others.

(4) This year, 357 cultural relics were donated to enrich our museum's collection;

(5) Publishing the catalog "Bridges in the Stormy Waves: Modern Chinese Cultural Figures' Paintings and Calligraphy Exhibition in Japan" and "Cultural Society of Zhudong" (in collaboration with Hsinchu Cultural Bureau); continuing to compile the catalog for "1894 and 1895: War Ukiyo-e," showcasing the exhibition and the results of cultural relic research.

※ Education and Online Promotion

(1) The Museum of Cultural Relics continues to enrich the content on its official website, including online exhibitions of various special exhibitions and the digital collection of artifacts. At the same time, we are increasing live broadcasts of lectures on YouTube and Facebook, as well as using Instagram;

(2) Through our university's USR-HUB project, this unit actively collaborates with six high schools, Hsinchu Commercial High School, and the Hsinchu Cultural Bureau to organize workshops on cultural relic organization and basic digital curating, as well as lectures and visits to the Paper Museum of Shuhuo and the Academia Sinica Museum of Cultural Relics;

(3) Co-hosting the "Integrity and Honor Lecture" with our university's Center for Humanities and Social Sciences, inviting Mr. Zhuang Ling, a winner of the National Arts Award, to share the "Story of the Relics Moving South from the Palace Museum." Over 180 faculty and students attended the event, which was a great success;

(4) Collaborating with our university's Teacher Training Center, using the "Imperial Examination" special exhibition as an environmental setting, providing "exhibition tours" as new practice fields for teacher training students;

(5) Collaborating with local vendors to produce Mid-Autumn Festival gift boxes in a public welfare licensing manner, with part of the proceeds supporting sustainable cultural education activities for remote rural elementary schools. These schools have visited our "Imperial Examination" exhibition and the Indigenous Science Education Development Center, including Pinglin Elementary School, Yushan Elementary School, Jinchuan Elementary School, and Beipu Elementary School.


Keywords
Jieying Museum, Exhibition, Art and Culture
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